BLUNDETTO DUENDETTO

The case Blundetto:

I don't know much about Blundetto; According to a few internet biographies, he's doesn't smile much.here,pictured Blundetto's biggest smile ever captured by a camera:

He has "Blundetto" tattoed on his chest; (Also pictured).

But what i'm sure about is that he's an outstanding musician and thanks to his music i have spent countless amazing moments.I have followed his prods since the first releases and I have never been disappointed.He rightly describes his sound as "stoned soul": extremely rich,warm basses and multi-dimentional,multi-layered instrumental sometimes accompanied by beautiful vocals.the arrangements are expertly subtle and the production is faultless.
Blundetto's just released his second LP "WARM MY SOUL" and it's quite simply the best thing i've heard in a while.(you can get it from Itunes)
To be exact Blundetto is more a concept than someone as such.Blundetto collaborates with a lot of musicians and from these encounters, composition are created and recorded in Blundetto's parisian home studio.I could only wish two things: I would be very curious to hear what Blundetto and Quantic could create if they were collaborating and the second thing is that I would love to see Blundetto LIVE.
Perhaps sometimes in the near future: who knows?


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Here a few of Blundetto's musical ventures:

from first album "bad bad things":

a recent mixtape including the best vocal performances of jamaican singers:
mixtape here

one of the first releases:

ABOUT BEAUTY

(I THOUGHT  IT WASN'T FAIR ON THE NON-FRENCH SPEAKERS TO MISS OUT ON THIS BRILLIANT STORY)

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, and continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste, and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?


Par un froid matin de janvier, un homme assis à une station de métro de Washington DC a commencé à jouer du violon. Il a joué six morceaux de Bach pendant environ 45 minutes. Pendant ce temps, comme c’était l'heure de pointe, il a été calculé que des milliers de personnes sont passées par la gare, la plupart d'entre elles en route vers leur travail.

Trois minutes se sont écoulées et un homme d'âge moyen a remarqué qu’un musicien jouait. Il a ralenti son rythme, a arrêté pendant quelques secondes, puis se précipita pour respecter son horaire.

Une minute plus tard, le violoniste a reçu son premier dollar : une femme jeta de l'argent dans l’étui de son violon et, sans s'arrêter, a continué son chemin.

Quelques minutes plus tard, quelqu'un s'adossa au mur pour l'écouter, mais l'homme a regardé sa montre et a repris sa marche. Il est clair qu'il était en retard au travail.

Celui qui a apporté le plus d'attention à la prestation musicale fut un petit garçon de 3 ans. Sa mère l’a tiré vers elle, mais le garçon s’est arrêté pour regarder le violoniste.

Enfin, la mère a tiré plus fort et l'enfant a continué à marcher en tournant la tête tout le temps. Cette action a été répétée par plusieurs autres enfants. Tous les parents, sans exception, les forcèrent à aller de l'avant.

Durant les 45 minutes que le musicien a jouées, seulement 6 personnes se sont arrêtées et sont restées à l’écouter pendant un certain temps. Environ 20 lui ont donné l'argent, mais ont continué à marcher à leur rythme. Il a recueilli 32 $. Quand il finit de jouer et que le silence se fit, personne ne le remarqua. Personne n'applaudit, ni n’exprima quelque reconnaissance que ce soit.

Personne ne savait cela, mais le violoniste était Joshua Bell, l'un des meilleurs musiciens au monde. Il a joué l'un des morceaux les plus difficiles jamais écrits, avec un violon d'une valeur de 3,5 millions de dollars.

Deux jours avant sa prestation dans le métro, Joshua Bell joua à guichets fermés dans un théâtre de Boston où un siège coûtait en moyenne 100 $.

C'est une histoire vraie. Joshua Bell joua effectivement incognito dans la station de métro

Cet événement a été organisé par le Washington Post dans le cadre d'une expérience sur la perception, les goûts et les priorités des gens. L’énoncé était: dans un environnement commun à une heure inappropriée sommes-nous en mesure de percevoir la beauté?

Nous arrêtons-nous pour l'apprécier? Savons-nous reconnaître le talent dans un contexte inattendu?
L'une des conclusions possibles de cette expérience pourrait être: si nous n'avons pas un moment pour nous arrêter et écouter un des meilleurs musiciens au monde jouant la meilleure musique jamais écrite, combien d'autres choses manquons-nous ?


Vincent Breton

ADDRESS IS APROXIMATE

Address Is Approximate from The Theory on Vimeo.

BIGGEST TEAHUPOO EVER, SHOT ON THE PHANTOM CAMERA. from Chris Bryan on Vimeo.

Melvin the Machine by HEYHEYHEY from Dezeen on Vimeo.

DO IT F.L.U.I.D

Sonar from Renaud Hallée on Vimeo.



Gravité (Gravity) from Renaud Hallée on Vimeo.

DID YOU?

I'm going to be well original and wish you all simply the best for this new year and i mean it.
I wanted the first 2012 post to be under the sign of fun because far too many people take themselves or things too seriously and it's well well well boring and for that reason i'm OUT.

Happy new Year everyone and remember to have fun and love as much as you can while we're here...

<<<< No offense (non taken?...good)

PARTY TIME

Asha Bhosle - karle pyar karle

Happy Holidays! Joyeuses Fêtes! Felices Fiestas! Forhe Feiertage! Tanoshii kurisumasu wo! Buone Feste! Kalés Diakopés! Sorry about whatever I mangled!

hello,in those times of celebrations,heavy eating/drinking,coldness,hangovers,presents and all the Christmas end of year shabang,aren't we all love at some point to have a duvet day and listen to some warming tunes? here's my 2011 duvet vous? (wink wink) playlist:

Happy Holidays! Joyeuses Fêtes! Felices Fiestas! Forhe Feiertage! Tanoshii kurisumasu wo!  Buone Feste! Kalés Diakopés!   Sorry about whatever I mangled!







  Blundetto 'Cali' by heavenlysweetness

LOVE'LL MAKE YOU DO A FEW THINGS THAT YOU KNOW IS .....

It was, the end of a friend and family proper sunday roast which started at 1.30pm and the playlist had finished 10 minutes ago when my son Nino (age 6) decided to make the most un-expected search on youtube which included " holiday/games/ sing" and then press play to the video he saw on the screen...............

happy days....

THE BAREFOOT DIVA

R.I.P CESARIA

1 TAKE ON TAKE 5

Always been a sucker for a skilled cover version on turntables here's a an amazing version of take 5 by Matmonjazz

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and for the purists the long version of the original by Dave Brubeck.

GOOD OLD ENRICO

GRANDISSIME!

EARGASM

 C2C - F.U.Y.A by Duendiness

C2C - F.U.Y.A (VIDEO)

ELIXIR VITAE II

  Niles Philips - Ill At Ease (feat Tonkin) by Duendiness
 Niles Philips - Ill At Ease (feat Tonkin) by Duendiness

Sola Rosa - These Words (feat. Spikey T) (JPOD remix)



Gotye ft Kimbra - somebody that i used to know

Now...we have this thing going on with my wife:    on sundays...once our lovely lively kiddos are nice and cosy in bed, we light a fire,open a (sometimes 2) bottle of an (expertidly selected) red wine and plate up a selection of (expertidly selected) cheeses and we play our old records on our Technics in back to back. these sessions bring back some great memories and of course dug up some amazing tunes.warning:it's pretty chilled and it's the idea really.
have you ever been raving with a cheese platter? .........that's what i thought. 


1st one is an incredibly chilled and meditative hip hop gem from dj krush and friends.a band called RYU.Released in 1999.
  Ryu - song from the far east by Duendiness

following up,my favorite tune of 2010 (si si Mr Blundetto!) revisited by THE Blunde' himself in a trippier version than the original but each version is equally outstanding.featuring the unique voice of Hindi Zahra.
Blundetto is coming back with a new ep in january and i can't wait for it.in the meantime listen to this:
 Voices (blundedub) by heavenlysweetness

ELIXIR VITAE

I don't know about you, but my favorite moments to listen to music is when i am in motion.driving my bike or car skiing etc you get the picture.Here what i recently listened to:

Nick Waterhouse - I Can Only Give You

Gecko Turner - en la calle

  Gecko Turner - En la calle by Duendiness

Sibylle Baier - Tonight

SUFF DADDY - ON AND ON AND ON

Brownout - 130

 Brownout - 130 by Duendiness 

BADBADNOTGOOD

No this is not the name of Blundetto's new lp but it's coming soon.THE SOUND IS AMAZING and it's from crap de crap youtube so i just can imagine the full version of this teaser on technics and studio speakers! (slight bemol for the vocals but they might grow in me).

here instead is a 9 minutes piece of fusion by Badbadnotgood.......pffff ....well for those who like labeling and categories,this could be classified under JAZZ//HIPHOP/JAM...to me it's just brilliant musicians doing what they are exceptional at:playing music:
here on their version of doom
badbadnotgood - doom


Another cover/version of MGMT - Kids by bluegrass band Dr Fox's Old Timey String Band.
don't laugh...i love this (bless me i'm just getting old,give me a break!)
MGMT - kids (Dr Fox's Old Timey String Band version)


i'll be back in a minute

ON THE DL

Hello Folks,how have you been doing?
I've been on good form myself but busy busy like a bee on speed...anyways... enough talking, here is the stuff i liked lately:

Dub Kweli - Panta Move - instrumental


Ghostfunk - Make It N_Y


Lemongrass - rendez vous


Logic - all i do


Locksmith Devil_s Lasso prod_ by Ski Beat.mp3

Quantum Levitation

 Play Skizzy Mars Ft Biggie Smalls - Colours by Duendiness

  Dj Proper & Amy Winehouse "Stronger Than Me" RMX by worldwidefamilia

  Casanova by HERVÉ

Dear Father Christmas.....( i have been quite good and...)

SUNDAY

  If I Had The Drugs I'd Take 'Em by Turner Cody by Tummy Touch

SUNSET 'N' GUITAR

I love YouTube for all the very good reasons....is that everyone can discover amazing talent by just browsing along; whether it's already been discovered or it's a dude playing his guitar on the street in Botswana.Extra ordinary talent.Today i focused on guitar and also (for obscure reasons) on sunset too: enjoy!

B.r.e.a.t.h.e

How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?

YO FOLKS!!

I'm sorry i have (a lot) less time than i used to for posting and faffing around on the blog but here a few things i have enjoyed lately:
I've almost finished this novel by James Frey and i'm really enjoying it.Los Angeles City is  the main character of the book and its "duende" is illustrated by the lives of random people living in the city.Good book !

jansen jardin - beat

Video Games by Lana Del Rey _TATF REMIX_

Sly and co - i can't strain my brain

I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Loftmind_s Desperation In Sickness Rewrite)

compaore issouf dambakale

Katalyst - Day_Into_Night_Feat._Stephanie_Mckay